Deck 15: A Community-Academic Collaboration to Have an Impact on Childhood Obesity

Question 1

Articulate the purpose of A Community-Academic Collaboration to Have an Impact on Childhood Obesity.

Answer 1

The quality improvement (QI) project established a community partnership among public school leaders, school nurses, and a university nursing program to provide childhood obesity screenings and a health educational intervention for third graders in a rural, medically underserved Alabama elementary school. The goals of the collaborative endeavor included addressing childhood obesity by establishing a screening and prevention program and creating an ongoing community-academic partnership between a rural county school system and a local school of nursing. The foundation of the project was designed to incorporate clinical protocols and guidelines into the public school system through the utilization of baccalaureate nursing students to augment the heavy workloads of public school nurses in identifying obese children and those at risk for obesity. Additionally, the promotion of healthy living habits was emphasized in an age-appropriate health education-teaching program.

Question 2

Describe the institution that served as the setting for the QI project.

Answer 2

The setting for the QI project was a medically-underserved elementary school in Alabama.

Question 3

Describe the QI project participants.

Answer 3

The project participants comprised third graders of a selected elementary school. Participants included 32 males and 25 females ranging from 8 to 9 years of age.

Question 4

Summarize the inclusion and exclusion criteria used in the selection of project participants.

Question 5

Describe the different types of data collected for analysis.

Question 6

The DNP researcher administered a survey to measure the effectiveness of collaboration and stakeholder satisfaction. Considering the five main types of questions that typically appear on most questionnaires, categorize the type of questions included on the survey administered to stakeholders.

Question 7

The DNP researcher used which statistical test to analyze data related to changes in the participants' knowledge?

Question 8

Based on the data analysis, what did the DNP researcher conclude about the project's impact on the participants?

Question 9

According to the DNP researcher, which factors served as project limitations?

Question 10

Summarize the DNP researcher's perception of which groups benefitted by way of the project.